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Show j,0KS FEAR H00D00S. k(t ami Burglnra Are the t WlJly Superstitious Peo- ' ,ie in the World. iri thf most superstitious I ll,( w irld ' said 'i ri forme 1 iVt' I" '" tlie "0lTnmn House I' ! Iv rsbody liux some kind ',', m (hat ilrectlon, but ctooks ' ly ihu y "Ith koodoos und , J, t re nil bad men from B' ' jj0 moves to old counttj ''.j t it li id luck to visit n pal I sin " ' '" "nn ot "ie Bn,n ' -T: ., , j ii irook and Join JC B ! u r I'd It ould lion loo 'a if ou jpped In nt the Tombs B'rhli h ne"s that J oil ha J 'Korlb ru ountcrfelt mono) In iloil n I ou'1' l"'n' ll1"1 '" "'" 'uBu.rr '" Uut if jou kept f iB,,u nu b 1 him n luwscr with-'lurtlnj with-'lurtlnj h e en (, li o hem of a crook t,,f t 1 1" prison the) know lie ,njteu I'lufcsslonnls leave the ,i i , trusting to his luck rtti though they urn get 'wj ti him food tips nnd ,j, (in their headquarters U Hi "te th I" trnl robber He l iperst ! nn old woman ilhe Nc 'li (aiollim ( Ins enters Jan R would lather dynamite m , than eat reed blnls f& I Iim id to .ontlnuc his ,r If I "'it ii ciuss-esed man ,,11,15 t, I at him Hut ome re-, re-, hoi 'he lobbci knows the -II i I nikcu and he resumes his J. fcj r 'lh r mule t ihi I) ""HI of nmnteur crooks ifliondou wisdom limy stive Homo -rtn trom t n jeurs In Jlnf Sins ( lo hut jou must do If ou nio miou wus to lob u bank and see tat ') d womun lomlng and c ui-mare ui-mare the Hint to retraie jour itslre llownrj lodging-house, be toil gel Hie first peep at her Ret top on her lis It were then crost tnjers thus 'fatliiB' her and pic irf the hoodoo 5j kro sing one's tlnRers Is im-,3t im-,3t nuttd riilladelphla crook mbbed a Jersey bank, sas that a ii he i making a dash to dsni- tte lie l'ltre vault a cioss-ejed w ho was looting- the paying in liar confronted him but molt eroM-d his flngcts before the i, thus lit. broke the hoodoo Alts Al-ts rr ited with the evidenic tit hln Hie robber got clear and Kit (In doled with thq prosccut-iilornev prosccut-iilornev s up eountrj sister-in-law. Kiln If sou fall to iiitrh the hoo if II t sou inn break the charm U jou meet n humhback and I his hump with join hand jld sou fill In this )oud bo in (Singer liimnmny hull within n i A man s safcts lies In tupping Ml hind on the hunchback, proline pro-line the woid Schenectady' kly tiickunrd That frees him i he iiUchitaft of the cross eed ird ll s saed III asain It Is bad lutk If jou ar -wit or n a pollicmnn to leaie oat or umbrella on a bed while mcklni: a house for Jewelry or 3 Hi kc I know a man now In spolltli il olllee who ome plundered luers "aside resldente and carted irlWO worth of sller l late In a ib s Inn k It was a big haul the Job was neatly done. )nrtirhlhff home the man's pal a i dlttrht leader turned panic im and great drops of persplrn-Itollcl persplrn-Itollcl down his face ns ho ex-ntil ex-ntil Were lost I e left me roit ombrcll on do guy's bed, furnlnit Itlano Juit then n black cat bolt Wo hr loom ufter u rat The pal ;bt tor by the lull pulled out three te hair? burned them In a (andle ltitl at a wake the night befom, that klllcl the hoodoo ure "imugh ' said he to me 'the nr cit around the coat and um '.- with a pol Ito note sajltig that v a power In politics and had hi foi his ticket he wouldn t gUe ".. uml aflei eleitlnn Hut for tk of itching that cai and ha-lh( ha-lh( n Hi hand wed haxe got tj J ir for tho brewei found our men nme ilub tickets, with our "jri In the coat It wus a all fm two honest, hard-working ki will a district organlratlon to d up The n row est escape I ever had ' I the i formed dclectUe "was n I mnrhed a man s pocketbook nAi nj Kaloon and was caught hp a t b i hi cond-stor) chap w ho ttfen ki ked out of our organization not i lng on the siiuaro the ting u'l i Ik had robbed a Harlem iilon 1 had n big fat pocketbook "iy I r 1 nnd was in the act of 'In? to the Inrkeeper who was lu f i Allernun In our district, ' tond-story mnn tipped me p talking to a girl nt the docr iiitraucc Ho crooked his il" irl me I was onto lilm he-( he-( II sn South Iliooklsn nnd 'rrr lo lmL ieenge, prison r i o 1 must have knocked a pint 1 th n his throat Hut he was ' r tc tilled against no at tho " ll r the district crowded ths nnjc The f.eiond-floor man up-1 up-1 I 'ills funns wllh all his leclh kil i i:in the Judge smiled. I th ins sister, n pretts shop-'' shop-'' oiKe got away with thlrtj J lk In a Blxtli nvenue depart nl ' made eyes at me nnd sail ' locked to sens oldei wllh 1"' however, seemed dead 1 ' My lawyer, the chairman f i ilatlon with a pull all tho I ' Mliuny to the lintteiy, said ) vents In Sing Sing nnd I i Just ns I was called before J" to he sentenced I saw a ' M I talking with my lawyer. 1 ' ciowiIIiib hs him when I 1 master stroke or ms life ' - left hand on his hump I J II ' old man wish ine luck' in nhick looked me full In, the ' I like n Muj morning and . all right, don't bo nfrald ' s ' niient 1 was stnudlng sort of 'i bofoie tho lienth sure of ten ' not mole, when the Judge 1 i i Led me olT ms feet as ho - months on the Island ' 1 t I the happiest mnn In ' s' I served ms time like rt Ix weeks before ilecllon cUs ' , k at work with tho orhanliii- he toothless chnp that gave 'or 'pinching the pocketbook 1 1 foi the Assembly by our 1 New nrk Ileinld |